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A vehicle is covered Thursday by red fire retardant from efforts to battle the Easy Fire in Simi Valley and Moorpark. After a tough day battling the flames Wednesday, the situation was calmer Thursday. GRETCHEN WENNER/THE STAR

Firefighters on Thursday continued mop-up work in areas along Tierra Rejada Road that burned in the Easy Fire on Wednesday in Simi Valley. The situation was much calmer on Thursday more than 24 hours after the blaze erupted. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR

Firefighters on Thursday mop up some smoldering areas burned by the Easy Fire along Tierra Rejada Road in Simi Valley. The situation was calmer Thursday, more than 24 hours after the fire broke out. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR

Firefighters on Thursday mop up some smoldering areas burned by the Easy Fire along Tierra Rejada Road in Simi Valley. The situation was calmer Thursday, more than 24 hours after the fire broke out. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR

Firefighters on Thursday mop up some smoldering areas burned by the Easy Fire along Tierra Rejada Road in Simi Valley. The situation was calmer Thursday, more than 24 hours after the fire broke out. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR

Justin Barshaw and his daughter Adalynn come back to their home with no power on Thursday, more than 24 hours after the Easy Fire broke out in Simi Valley. Firefighters on Thursday continued mop-up work in areas affected by the blaze that broke out Wednesday. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR

Justin Barshaw starts his power inverter to power up his refrigerator on Thursday after returning to his home the day after the Easy Fire broke out. Even though evacuation orders were lifted, his home had no power. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR

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Evacuation orders lifted, but power outages continue

As of 10:30 a.m. Thursday, all mandatory evacuation orders had been lifted for the Easy Fire, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.

At the height of the fire Wednesday, about 7,000 homes were under evacuation orders, most of them mandatory, according to Sheriff Bill Ayub. An estimated 30,000 residents lived in those evacuation areas.

Also in Ventura County, more than 28,000 Edison customers were without power as of 8 a.m. Thursday. Those circuits were turned off or partially turned off as part of the utility company's preventive outages.

Goats help save Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

Library spokeswoman Melissa Giller said the Ventura County Fire Department brings hundreds of goats every May to eat the brush around the perimeter of the library to create a fire break.

"The firefighters on the property said that the fire break really helped them because as the fire was coming up that one hill, all the brush has been cleared, basically," she said.

Wildfires have bored down on the 400-acre presidential library and museum complex before, but this was the closest call yet, John Heubusch, executive director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute, said.

"What saved this library was those brave helicopter pilots," Heubusch said. "They braved 80-per-mile gusts to put water in that canyon. Gusts like that drove enormous flames up to the library."

The Reagan library is home to more than 60 million pages of documents and 1.6 million photographs from the Reagan administration, the library's website says. A half-million feet of motion picture film, tens of thousands of audio and videotapes and over 40,000 artifacts are housed there, too.

Reagan and his wife, Nancy, are buried next to each other on a hillside at the library.

Animal Services staff members Dereka Schoenewald and Luis Guillen lead a group of dogs into the Camarillo animal shelter Wednesday after Emma Stavropoulos dropped them off. She was fleeing the fire. From left are Nala and Simba, both cocker spaniels; Lilly, a Bichon Frise; and Arrow, a Jack Russell terrier. KATHLEEN WILSON/THE STAR

Moorpark resident Emma Stavropoulos transfers Nala, a cocker spaniel, and Arrow, a Jack Russell terrier, to the Ventura County animal shelter at the Camarillo Airport for safe-keeping Wednesday. She was fleeing the fire. Both dogs are 6 years old. KATHLEEN WILSON/THE STAR

Homeowners watch an air tanker after it dropped a load of fire retardant near their home in Villa Del Arroyo Mobile Park off Los Angeles Road in Simi Valley on Wednesday. JOE LUMAYA/SPECIAL TO THE STAR

A firefighter runs uphill to fight the Easy Fire in Simi Valley and keep it from jumping Highway 23 near Olsen Road Wednesday afternoon. Crews worked at a ranch located off Tierra Rejada Road and Highway 23. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR

A firefighter waters a line to keep the Easy Fire in Simi Valley from jumping Highway 23 near Olsen Road Wednesday afternoon. Crews worked at a ranch located off Tierra Rejada Road and Highway 23. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR

A firefighter waters a line to keep the Easy Fire in Simi Valley from jumping Highway 23 near Olsen Road Wednesday afternoon. Crews worked at a ranch located off Tierra Rejada Road and Highway 23. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR

A firefighter waters a line to keep the Easy Fire in Simi Valley from jumping Highway 23 near Olsen Road Wednesday afternoon. Crews worked at a ranch located off Tierra Rejada Road and Highway 23. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR

Marylou Houck evacuated the Easy Fire in Simi Valley with her pet Chihuahua Wednesday morning. The evacuation center in Thousand Oaks was not accepting animals so they waited in the car. WENDY LEUNG/THE STAR

Red Cross workers set up a cot at the evacuation center at Thousand Oaks Community Center Wednesday morning after the Easy Fire erupted in Simi Valley. The facility can accommodate 380 people in the daytime. WENDY LEUNG/THE STAR

Easy Fire causes road closures

The Simi Valley Police Department announced the following road reopenings Thursday:

Madera Road at Los Angeles Avenue

Madera Road at Royal Avenue

Northbound and southbound Highway 23

Tierra Rejada Road at Mandan Place (residents only)

Tierra Rejada Road at Highway 23 (residents only)

Other closures

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library closed Wednesday.

The Simi Valley animal shelter closed.

Animals were taken to Ventura County Animal Services' Camarillo shelter. The Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura accepted livestock from evacuated areas until it reached capacity. After that, the Earl Warren Showgrounds at 3400 Calle Real in Santa Barbara opened to accommodate evacuated livestock.

City of Moorpark facilities closed and no services were being offered, the city said. The Moorpark Active Adult Center is and library were among the facilities closed.

Both locations of the Thousand Oaks Library were closed due to power outages and weather conditions.

Where to get help

An emergency shelter was opened at the Thousand Oaks Community Center, 2525 N. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks.

Visit the Southern California Equine Emergency Evacuation Facebook group if you need assistance or can assist with large animal evacuations, Teri Peters shared on Twitter.